setClassAssertionStatus does not affect nested classes

Name: skR10005 Date: 06/07/2001


The spec for ClassLoader.setClassAssertionStatus() reads:
  "Sets the assertion status for the named top-level class in this class
  loader and any nested classes contained therein."

The jdk1.4.0beta-b66 behaviour does not conform to the spec.
The following example reproduces this failure:
---------------------------A.java--------------------------
package A;

import java.net.URL;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

public class A {
    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        URL url = null;
        try {
            url = new URL("file://" + argv[0]);
        } catch (java.net.MalformedURLException e) {
            System.out.println("Failed: " + e);
        }
        MyClassLoader loader = new MyClassLoader(url);
        loader.setDefaultAssertionStatus(true);
        loader.setClassAssertionStatus("B.B", false);
        try {
            Class cl = Class.forName("B.B$NestedB", true, loader);
            I obj = (I)cl.newInstance();
            System.out.println(cl + " - " + obj.check());
            cl = Class.forName("B.B", true, loader);
            obj = (I)cl.newInstance();
            System.out.println(cl + " - " + obj.check());
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            System.out.println("Failed: " + e);
        } catch (InstantiationException e) {
            System.out.println("Failed: " + e);
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            System.out.println("Failed: " + e);
        }
    }
}

class MyClassLoader extends ClassLoader {
    URL url = null;

    public MyClassLoader(URL url) {
        this.url = url;
    }

    public Class findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        byte[] b = loadClassData(name);
        return defineClass(name, b, 0, b.length);
    }

    private byte[] loadClassData(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        String path = name.replace('.', '/') + ".clazz";
        InputStream s = null;
        URL u = null;
        byte[] buffer = new byte[0];
        byte[] chunk = new byte[4096];
        int count;

        try {
            u = new URL(url, path);
            s = u.openStream();
            while ((count = s.read(chunk)) >= 0) {
               byte[] t = new byte[buffer.length + count];
               System.arraycopy(buffer, 0, t, 0, buffer.length);
               System.arraycopy(chunk, 0, t, buffer.length, count);
               buffer = t;
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            throw new ClassNotFoundException(name + " : " + u);
        } finally {
            try {
                if(s != null) {
                    s.close();
                }
            }
            catch (IOException e) {
                throw new ClassNotFoundException(name);
            }
        }
        return buffer;
    }
}
---------------------------I.java--------------------------
package A;

public interface I {
    boolean check();
}
---------------------------B.java--------------------------
package B;
import A.I;

public class B implements I {
    public boolean check() {
        return getClass().desiredAssertionStatus();
    }
    public static class NestedB implements I {
        public boolean check() {
            return getClass().desiredAssertionStatus();
        }
    }
}
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$javac -source 1.4 -d . *.java
$mv B/B.class B/B.clazz
$mv B/B$NestedB.class B/B$NetedB.clazz
$java -version
java version "1.4.0-beta_refresh"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta_refresh-b66)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta_refresh-b66, mixed mode)
$java -cp . A.A `pwd`/
class B.B$NestedB - true
class B.B - false

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